Wind of revolt in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, arrested by the moralistic police

She didn’t have only 22 years old and his death revolted an entire country. In anger, thousands of people have been demonstrating for several days in Iran after the assassination of Mahsa Amini by the police.

Earlier last week, Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran while visiting her family. This young Iranian woman was arrested because her veil didn’t hide her hair enough to the taste of the moral police.

Did the police kill Mahsa Amini?

What happened ? Passersby say they heard screams outside the building where she was being held to receive a “rehabilitation lesson”. Was she beaten or tortured? A few hours later, she was taken to a hospital in northern Tehran, where he remained three days in a coma before succumbing.

A death that revolted the population, presented by the police as a “unfortunate accident”, which denies any violence against Mahsa Amini. According to the police version, he had a heart attack.

A version in which the young woman’s family finds it hard to believe, since she had no health problems.

Mahsa Amini was buried on Saturday 17 September in Saqhez, her hometown in Kurdistan. It is precisely in Kurdistan that several demonstrations took place.

The response of Iranian women

On social networks, women have also posted videos of themselves cutting their long hair in solidarity, or by burning their hijab.

other took off the hijab, as a sign of defiance of Iranian power. Since this summer, the Iranian government has further tightened the rules on women’s clothing. According to the law “about the hijab and the chastity of the country”the veil must now cover the neck and shoulders.

On social media, the Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad shows the violence that is being exercised against the protesters and the way in which some women choose to resist at the risk of being arrested.